2nd Place in Sustainability – 2do Lugar en Sustentabilidad

Jury Report

The Project provides an innovative and contextually appropriate, yet easily adapted solution to a pervasive problem in the cities of developing countries.

The use of an easily assembled and dismantled building system allows for the use of local labor and re-use of material, while the thermal wall making use of water bottles allows both the storage of potable water in an emergency situation and the re-use of a waste product. The Jury would also like to recommend the project Team for their active involvement in the target community and the extensive consultation and co-creation process followed.

The real strength of this project is its incremental approach to addressing emergency shelter that can transform into more permanent housing meeting the growing needs of a family, offering a model that can be adapted internationally to meet the problems.